[DVOC] Weekly Digest - Number 08-33 - 8/10/08

Sun Aug 10 18:45:06 PDT 2008

The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club  (DVOC) Weekly Digest 

Upcoming Meeting (Details and directions at  <http://www.dvoc.org/>
www.dvoc.org)

Thursday September 4, 2008 - 7:30 pm 
Informal Summer Meeting
Held at the Silver Lake Nature Center, Bristol, PA 
Directions and a map are on the club website
There will be an informal 6:00 pm dinner gathering at the Golden Eagle Diner
Agenda: (Additional presentations are still being sought. Contact
<http://www.dvoc.org/Personnel/Windfelder.htm> Frank Windfelder if you are
interested.)
1. 20 minute presentation: Frank Windfelder, "What I did this summer - this
will bug you!"
2. Come to the meeting and tell us about your adventures over the summer -
everyone will get a turn - if you want to submit a couple of digital photos
to amplify your stories, send them to
<http://www.dvoc.org/../../Personnel/Windfelder.htm> Frank Windfelder - save
some shots for the DVOC Photo Contest in December

A New Field Trip 

A new field trip has been added to our already extensive schedule.

September 19-21 (Friday - Sunday) - Pocono Environmental Education Center,
Dingman's Ferry, PA

We will travel up to Pocono Environmental Education Center (PEEC) and arrive
for dinner around 6. There can be a social hour which would require you to
BYOB after dinner. 

Birding will begin on Saturday and we will bird all day. Looking for fall
warblers and even taking a trip over to Sunrise Mountain for observing
migrating raptors. We will have all of our meals at PEEC's new
environmentally friendly dining hall. Sunday will consist of birding all
morning then coming back for lunch and checkout. There is a charge for the
event and will be around $90 a person, which will include 6 meals and two
nights lodging on PEEC's campus.

We need 10 people to sign up for this trip. Contact trip leader James
Maloney ( jimbo24 at snip.net ) if you are interested.

Upcoming Field Trips                                  

August 16 (Saturday) - Edwin B. Forsythe NWR (aka Brigantine), NJ

A trip to catch the later wave of the shorebird migration spectacle. Meet
8:00 am at the refuge headquarters.

Leader: Martin Selzer

2007 Field Trip Report 

August 31 (Sunday) - Palmyra Cove Nature Park, NJ

We will bird for passerines, then go to the cove for waterbirds. It's a good
time for early fall migrants, such as golden-winged and mourning warblers,
yellow-bellied, least and olive-sided flycatchers. These are rare of course,
but we're bound to find something good. 

Meet in the parking lot at 6:45 am

Leader: Frank Windfelder

Recent Website Enhancements

(8/4/08) DVOC Picnic Report

(8/7/08) Delaware Valley RBA

Items Available for Purchase at DVOC Meetings

DVOC car window stickers - $1 each
"Birders Conservation Handbook: 100 North American Birds at Risk" by Dr.
Jeff Wells - only $25 (limited supply)

"Song of the Blue Ocean" by Dr. Carl Safina - signed by author - A $17 value
now only $12 (limited supply)

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Report Your Sightings to the Delaware Valley RBA
The Delaware Valley RBA is posted on Thursday evenings at
<http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm>
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm
It is also available at 215 240 7547
Report your sightings to  <mailto:rba at dvoc.com> rba at dvoc.com or 215 240 7547
The general guidelines of what to report are on the Delaware Valley Rare
Bird Alert Page -  <http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm>
http://www.dvoc.org/RBA/Current/Active/Index.htm

Merchandise Available!
Both DVOC merchandise and Nikon/DVOC Lagerhead Shrikes merchandise are
available at our on-line store. 
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 <http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc> http://www.cafepress.com/dvoc

Information on the Club and Club activities are at  <http://www.dvoc.org>
www.dvoc.org

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